Specialist Aluminium Repair Facility

Poole Accident Repair is the South Coast's first development specifically designed to specialise in the repair of all-aluminium vehicles.

The new complex is one of only five specialist aluminium repair facilities throughout the UK and the first Volkswagen Group approved Accident Repair centre for Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, Skoda and the Volkswagen commercial sector on the South Coast.

Leading the way

Leading the field in the manufacture of aluminium vehicles, Audi was the first to create an all-aluminium luxury car, the A8, followed by the first volume-produced all-aluminium family car, the A2. Other premium manufacturers including Jaguar and Landrover are following suit, increasing the demand for specialist aluminium repairs by trained professionals. It is expected that the majority of prestige brands will make extensive use of aluminium in the production of luxury vehicles by the end of the decade.

Aluminium will form the future of vehicle production

The advantages of aluminium over steel guarantee that a greater proportion of aluminium will be used in manufacturing the vehicles of the future:

• Lightweight: aluminium is four times lighter than steel.
• Fuel economy: the huge weight advantage of aluminium over steel improves performance. An all-aluminium vehicle will have a smaller engine and fuel tank than its steel equivalent. This 10% weight reduction in the vehicle boosts fuel efficiency by over 8%.
• Strong: aluminium is 2.5 times stronger than steel.
• Safer: aluminium reacts differently to other metals, absorbing twice the energy of steel in the event of an accident.
• Non-corrosive: aluminium does not rust.
• Recyclable and more environmentally friendly than other metals.
• Abundant: aluminium is one of the most plentiful and readily obtainable metals in the world, although it is currently difficult to extract and expensive to process.
• Improves reliability and reduces assembly costs by reducing the number of parts required to make the body of the vehicle.

As premium manufacturers continue to use aluminium more extensively in vehicle production, the demand for specialist aluminium repair facilities will increase. Repairing all-aluminium cars requires specialist equipment including a state-of-the-art enclosed work booth separate from other repair initiatives and tools dedicated solely to aluminium repair.

The staff at Poole Accident Repair have received extensive training

in Germany to develop expert skills and knowledge in the field of

aluminium repair.